Fertility & pregnancy

IV iron therapy in pregnancy reduced blood transfusion rates by 37 per cent compared with oral iron, a new analysis of clinical trials has found.

Vespexx Inc., an AI femtech company building Soonr, a preconception health platform designed for couples, today announced that it has been named a Quarterfinalist in the 2026 Digital Health & AI Awards in the Rising Star track, Women's & Family Health category. The Digital Health & AI Awards recognise companies and innovations helping shape the [...]

Cycle-tracking app Clue has partnered with insurer Flora Fertility, giving policyholders free premium access while introducing its 100 million users to fertility insurance.

Xella Health has integrated Oura wearable data into its women’s health platform, allowing members to share trends with clinicians alongside diagnostic results. Members can choose to share information including sleep, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, temperature trends, recovery, activity and menstrual-cycle data. The integration is intended to help clinicians investigate biological factors that may [...]

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised after a human error caused 11 years of maternity data to be overwritten. The incident happened during routine technical work on 18 August, when computer instructions intended to create a copy of a radiotherapy database were mistakenly applied to the maternity database. Most of the affected information has [...]

The UK government is reviewing a surrogacy firm after complaints that medical insurance claims involving surrogates in Mexico were rejected. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is considering whether UK-based provider My Surrogacy Journey should remain listed on gov.uk as one of four domestic surrogacy agencies available to intended parents. The review follows [...]

Spain's football federation will offer national team players egg-freezing and fertility treatment through a clinic partnership running until 2029. The agreement with the Tambre clinic in Madrid will give Spain's World Cup winners more options to pursue motherhood when they feel the time is right. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said the agreement covers [...]

Paracetamol use in pregnancy was not linked to autism or ADHD, while separate research found reproductive differences in girls exposed before birth. One study analysed health records from more than 120,000 children and found no increased risk of autism following prenatal paracetamol exposure. A separate analysis of nearly 100,000 children also found no increased risk [...]

The fertility rate in England and Wales fell to a record low of 1.39 children per woman in 2025, down from 1.41 a year earlier. New figures show that parts of London and cities with major universities accounted for many of the areas with the lowest local fertility rates. The City of London recorded the [...]

Weight loss surgery was linked to more regular periods and fewer polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) symptoms in women aged 18 to 45 living with obesity in a recent study. The researchers recommend that women undergoing the procedure have access to preconception care and reproductive counselling to support their reproductive health. Researchers at [...]